Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Digraph aV

a + {a,e,i,o,u} =  ae, ai, ao, au

ae: most of them are Greek
/i/: encyclopaedia, Aepyrnosis
/ɪ/: Aegean

ao: Mao, Tao, Bao, Laos, etc
ai = ay = quay (kay, kee, kway)/may,
au= aw = saw/caught; Vau(gha)n  laugh; 
Germanisms Faustian, Audi, ablaut, umlaut

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